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Definition of dunk in US English:

dunk

verb

1with objectDip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it.

‘she dunked a piece of bread into her coffee’

‘Some historians believe that our ancestors used to dunk pieces of scorched bread into tankards of beer or wine to improve the taste, but it is hard to imagine how foul their brew must have been.’

‘Old-time herbalists dunked herbs in wine or liquor for this effect.’

‘Sneaking over to the cauldron, she quickly dunked the stale loaf into the cauldron.’

‘They each tore at their individual bagels, spread cream cheese on the torn off piece, and proceeded to dunk the piece in a communal cup of coffee.’

‘She enjoys it like you would a good olive oil, scanning it for flavour and nuance - I think she'd dunk her bread in it if the artichoke soup hadn't claimed it first.’

‘There's no such thing as a cup of tea or coffee - it's served in bowls and it's quite acceptable to dunk your brioche (but in a nice, polite way).’

‘The pleasure of taking a lovely fresh piece of ciabatta bread and dunking it into a small shallow dish of Rangihoua is to die for.’

‘Tonight there will be row upon row of long tables set up, where the brave gastronome can tuck into boiled snails or dunk fresh bread into pots of hot, unidentified tagine: Morocco is not ideal for vegetarians.’

‘Katrina had to hold herself properly and not slurp up her soup, or dunk bread into it either.’

‘One tears off a piece of pitka and dunks the torn surface into the choubritsa before eating it.’

‘She is also fond of risotto, mild goat's cheese, olives, breadsticks and pitta bread, especially if she can dunk them in some creamy hummus.’

‘Some hostesses like to begin by providing an oil fondue so guests may deep-fry their own meat and vegetables, which may then be dunked into various dipping sauces.’

‘After all, the non-smokers don't realise that their smoking colleagues have already built up a rapport with other smokers whilst they were busy drinking tea, dunking biscuits and queuing for the loo!’

‘Everyone grabs a special fondue fork (a super long fork with two tiny tines), and they spear a piece of food and then dunk it in the pot!’

‘Pensioners can have a cup of tea and a biscuit for 5p and all the gardeners roll up to dunk their digestives in the afternoon sunshine.’

‘I would never see Grandpa again, never sit on his lap dunking my toast into his sweet coffee, nor follow him to his workshop to mend a rake, nor idle the afternoon away with a scrap of wood and a hammer and nails.’

‘It's very satisfying to hear the oil sizzling loudly as you dunk the meat in, but for flavour I would recommend the Chinese fondue.’

‘He sat at the kitchen table and dunked the toast into the coffee.’

‘My method is to dunk each fruit in a glass of champagne and eat it whole while still dripping.’